← Fame through time1600-1699
The 17th century
Whose working lives fell in the 17th century. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 17th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Charles II, Elector Palatinenot measured- - 2
Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadtnot measured- - 3
Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach0 decades - 4
John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbachnot measured- - 5
Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania4 decades - 6
Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenbergnot measured- - 7
Edward Fortunatus6 decades - 8
Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrückennot measured- - 9
John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg3 decades - 10
Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlachnot measured- - 11
John George of Brandenburgnot measured- - 12
Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbachnot measured- - 13
Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach22 decades - 14
Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrückennot measured- - 15
Christine of Baden-Durlachnot measured- - 16
Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuthnot measured- - 17Frederick III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbachnot measured-
- 18Philip III, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachernnot measured-
- 19Maria Magdalena of Oettingen-Baldernnot measured-
- 20Catherine Ursula of Hohenzollern-Hechingennot measured-
- 21John Philip II, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaunnot measured-
How to read these rankings
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. It is not a judgement on the life.
- Fame in print. The curves show how often a name appeared in the books of each decade from 1800 to 2019, drawn from the Google Books Ngram corpus.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.